Browser Statistics 2010

Web Statistics and Trends

Statistics are important information. From the statistics below, you can see that Internet Explorer and Firefox are the most common browsers.

Browser Statistics Month by Month

2010

IE8

IE7

IE6

Firefox

Chrome

Safari

Opera

May

16.0%

9.1%

7.1%

46.9%

14.5%

3.5%

2.2%

April

16.2%

9.3%

7.9%

46.4%

13.6%

3.7%

2.2%

March

15.3%

10.7%

8.9%

46.2%

12.3%

3.7%

2.2%

February

14.7%

11.0%

9.6%

46.5%

11.6%

3.8%

2.1%

January

14.3%

11.7%

10.2%

46.3%

10.8%

3.7%

2.2%

2009

IE8

IE7

IE6

Firefox

Chrome

Safari

Opera

December

13.5%

12.8%

10.9%

46.4%

9.8%

3.6%

2.3%

November

13.3%

13.3%

11.1%

47.0%

8.5%

3.8%

2.3%

October

12.8%

14.1%

10.6%

47.5%

8.0%

3.8%

2.3%

September

12.2%

15.3%

12.1%

46.6%

7.1%

3.6%

2.2%

August

10.6%

15.1%

13.6%

47.4%

7.0%

3.3%

2.1%

July

9.1%

15.9%

14.4%

47.9%

6.5%

3.3%

2.1%

June

7.1%

18.7%

14.9%

47.3%

6.0%

3.1%

2.1%

May

5.2%

21.3%

14.5%

47.7%

5.5%

3.0%

2.2%

April

3.5%

23.2%

15.4%

47.1%

4.9%

3.0%

2.2%

March

1.4%

24.9%

17.0%

46.5%

4.2%

3.1%

2.3%

February

0.8%

25.4%

17.4%

46.4%

4.0%

3.0%

2.2%

January

0.6%

25.7%

18.5%

45.5%

3.9%

3.0%

2.3%

2008

IE7

IE6

IE5

Firefox

Chrome

Safari

Opera

December

26.1%

19.6%

44.4%

3.6%

2.7%

2.4%

November

26.6%

20.0%

44.2%

3.1%

2.7%

2.3%

October

26.9%

20.2%

44.0%

3.0%

2.8%

2.2%

September

26.3%

22.3%

42.6%

3.1%

2.7%

2.0%

August

26.0%

24.5%

43.7%

2.6%

2.1%

July

26.4%

25.3%

42.6%

2.5%

1.9%

June

27.0%

26.5%

0.5%

41.0%

2.6%

1.7%

May

26.5%

27.3%

0.7%

39.8%

2.4%

1.5%

April

24.9%

28.9%

1.0%

39.1%

2.2%

1.4%

March

23.3%

29.5%

1.1%

37.0%

2.1%

1.4%

February

22.7%

30.7%

1.3%

36.5%

2.0%

1.4%

January

21.2%

32.0%

1.5%

36.4%

1.9%

1.4%

2007

IE7

IE6

IE5

Firefox

Mozilla

Safari

Opera

November

20.8%

33.6%

1.6%

36.3%

1.2%

1.8%

1.6%

September

20.8%

34.9%

1.5%

35.4%

1.2%

1.6%

1.5%

July

20.1%

36.9%

1.5%

34.5%

1.4%

1.5%

1.9%

May

19.2%

38.1%

1.6%

33.7%

1.3%

1.5%

1.7%

March

18.0%

38.7%

2.0%

31.8%

1.3%

1.6%

1.6%

January

13.3%

42.3%

3.0%

31.0%

1.5%

1.7%

1.5%

2006

IE7

IE6

IE5

Firefox

Mozilla

N7/8

Opera

November

7.1%

49.9%

3.6%

29.9%

2.5%

0.2%

1.5%

September

2.5%

55.6%

4.0%

27.3%

2.3%

0.4%

1.6%

July

1.9%

56.3%

4.2%

25.5%

2.3%

0.4%

1.4%

May

1.1%

57.4%

4.5%

25.7%

2.3%

0.3%

1.5%

March

0.6%

58.8%

5.3%

24.5%

2.4%

0.5%

1.5%

January

0.2%

60.3%

5.5%

25.0%

3.1%

0.5%

1.6%

2005

IE6

IE5

Firefox

Mozilla

N7

O8

O7

November

62.7%

6.2%

23.6%

2.8%

0.4%

1.3%

0.2%

September

69.8%

5.7%

18.0%

2.5%

0.4%

1.0%

0.2%

July

67.9%

5.9%

19.8%

2.6%

0.5%

0.8%

0.4%

May

64.8%

6.8%

21.0%

3.1%

0.7%

0.7%

0.6%

March

63.6%

8.9%

18.9%

3.3%

1.0%

0.3%

1.6%

January

64.8%

9.7%

16.6%

3.4%

1.1%

1.9%

2004

IE6

IE5

Mozilla

N3

N7

N4

O7

November

66.0%

10.2%

16.5%

0.2%

1.2%

0.3%

1.6%

September

67.8%

11.2%

13.7%

0.3%

1.4%

0.3%

1.7%

July

67.2%

13.2%

12.6%

0.4%

1.4%

0.4%

1.6%

May

68.1%

13.8%

9.5%

0.6%

1.4%

0.4%

1.6%

March

68.2%

14.6%

7.9%

0.8%

1.4%

0.6%

1.4%

January

68.9%

15.8%

5.5%

0.4%

1.5%

0.5%

1.5%

2003

IE6

IE5

Mozilla

N3

N7

N4

O7

November

71.2%

13.7%

7.2%

0.5%

1.6%

0.5%

1.9%

September

69.7%

16.9%

6.2%

0.6%

1.5%

0.6%

1.8%

July

66.9%

20.3%

5.7%

0.6%

1.5%

0.6%

1.7%

May

65.0%

22.7%

4.6%

1.0%

1.4%

0.9%

1.4%

March

63.4%

24.6%

4.2%

0.9%

1.4%

1.1%

1.2%

January

55.3%

29.3%

4.0%

1.2%

1.1%

1.7%

2002

IE6

IE5

AOL

N3

N5

N4

IE4

November

53.5%

29.9%

5.2%

1.1%

4.9%

2.0%

September

49.1%

34.4%

4.5%

1.3%

4.5%

2.2%

July

44.4%

40.1%

3.5%

1.2%

3.5%

2.6%

0.5%

May

40.7%

46.0%

2.8%

1.2%

2.7%

3.4%

0.7%

March

36.7%

49.4%

3.0%

1.2%

2.4%

4.1%

0.7%

January

30.1%

55.7%

2.8%

1.3%

2.2%

4.4%

1.0%

IE

Internet Explorer

Firefox

Firefox (identified as Mozilla before 2005)

Chrome

Google Chrome

Mozilla

The Mozilla Suite (Gecko, Netscape)

Safari

Safari (and Konqueror. Both identified as Mozilla before 2007)

Opera / O

Opera

N

Netscape (identified as Mozilla after 2006)

AOL

America Online (based on both Internet Explorer and Mozilla)

Browsers that count for less than 0.5% are not listed.

W3Schools is a website for people with an interest for web technologies. These people are more interested in using alternative browsers than the average user. The average user tends to use Internet Explorer, since it comes preinstalled with Windows. Most do not seek out other browsers.

These facts indicate that the browser figures above are not 100% realistic. Other web sites have statistics showing that Internet Explorer is used by at least 80% of the users.

Anyway, our data, collected from W3Schools’ log-files, over a five year period, clearly shows the long and medium-term trends.

JavaScript Statistics

There are no absolute trends about the use of JavaScript. Some users have scripting turned off. Some browsers don’t support scripting: